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Self-Managing Postoperative Pain with the Use of a Novel, Interactive Device: A Proof of Concept Study

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Self-Managing Postoperative Pain with the Use of a Novel, Interactive Device: A Proof of Concept Study

Key Take-Away:

The medical and surgical patients mostly undergo moderate to severe acute pain. In inpatient settings, the management of pain is often thwarted by the drawbacks in pain assessment and thus, treatment delay. The majority of the patients found the Nazimd device useful and easy to operate as depicted in this study.

The primary objective was to assess whether patients used a device (Navimed) to self-report pain over and above a normal baseline of observations. Secondary outcome measures included comparison of pain scores and patient use of and feedback on the device.

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